So, You Want to be Guilded

School is in session. (CMON, a little summer school won’t kill ya!)

People ask me all the time, “Foton, can I have your stuff?”

Obviously, no. They also ask, if they know what’s good for ’em, “Foton, how do I choose a good guild?”

Many times, I’ll say, “hell if I know,” but that’s because I’m busy and don’t have time to explain every little thing. In the interest of helping the community, and I’m all about the community, here’s my short list of things to look for in a guild:

1. What’s in it for you? What are you, a gaming philanthropist? Of course not! You’re just like me and Skippy, my gaming teenaged neighbor. You’d like a little something, y’know, for the effort.

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I Explain It All, Part 3

I have some Guild Wars advice for you about grouping … or partying as the Gen4 people say. (feh!)

Don’t.

I know, you’ll be tempted. You’ll think, “How bad could a pickup group be?” Then you’ll think, “Ok, that was just the one group that stunk to high hell.” Eventually, you’ll rage, “This can’t be! Every single goddamn group is a fucking nightmare. This just isn’t possible!”

Oh, it be possible.

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